Late this morning while going through my calendar, I realized it was Mack’s ex-girlfriend’s birthday. I reminded Mack to drop her a line as I texted her happy birthday wishes. When I made casual mention of this to my co-workers today, they all thought it was very odd that I was actually friends with my boyfriend’s ex-girlfriend.

When Mack and I first started dating, we went through the ex discussion, as most new couples do. She was his first girlfriend, his first love, and they went out for three years and were able to form a friendship a few years after they had broken up. I realized how important her friendship was to Mack and offered out my own hand in friendship. Now, she and I talk more than they do, and have our own wonderful friendship.

Have any of you been able to establish any sort of friendships with your significant others ex’s? Is that whole concept and territory something really weird that shouldn’t be touched?

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